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time he needs to go after the militia prime minister maliki told the prime minister's day at of sadr city now in some kind of alliance he just send these guys in and does not wait for approval. there is a huge decline of sectarian violence but here is where we come into a problem with counterinsurgency, pretorius has said the goal of the campaign is to create a breathing space so the factions can get there act together to forge a cohesive group but maliki had no interest to do any of this to set up the oil revenue sharing plan or no interest to bring in the sons of iraq's into the iraqi army as was promised so what we see now at a much, much lower-level sectarian violence and an unstable state. afghanistan, of betraying us comes from iraq is a miracle worker. i am condensing but he creates miracles and iraq may be afghanistan. obama as an experiment bought onto it with their counter insurgency strategy. the problem is remember the book i mentioned the trade is and others are consulting regularly, it is a good book but there is one chapter called conditions for a successful insurgency
time he needs to go after the militia prime minister maliki told the prime minister's day at of sadr city now in some kind of alliance he just send these guys in and does not wait for approval. there is a huge decline of sectarian violence but here is where we come into a problem with counterinsurgency, pretorius has said the goal of the campaign is to create a breathing space so the factions can get there act together to forge a cohesive group but maliki had no interest to do any of this to...
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he needs to go after the shia militia in the neighborhood of sadr city. prime minister maliki had told his predecessor stay out of sadr city. because the head of that militia now solder was in some kind of alliance with maliki. petraeus comes in. he just doesn't. a distance this guy into sadr city. does away for any approval. so that's kind of how he operates. within nine months this is actually working. there is a huge decline in sectarian violence. there's a huge decline in casualties off all kinds. but here's where we are coming to the problem to have a problem with the counterinsurgency theory generally. petraeus have said all along that what his goal was, the whole idea of this campaign was to create some breathing space. the zone of security so that the iraqi factions, sunni, shia, kurds and others, they can get their act together. they can forge a coherent government without having to worry about getting blown up every 10 minutes. the problem was that maliki, shia leader of iraq had no interest in doing this. you don't interest in setting up an oil
he needs to go after the shia militia in the neighborhood of sadr city. prime minister maliki had told his predecessor stay out of sadr city. because the head of that militia now solder was in some kind of alliance with maliki. petraeus comes in. he just doesn't. a distance this guy into sadr city. does away for any approval. so that's kind of how he operates. within nine months this is actually working. there is a huge decline in sectarian violence. there's a huge decline in casualties off all...
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same area he grew up in the living and dying timber city, and your doctor returns home. arguing the federal government is consolidating legislative power and that individual states must protect the citizenry from constitutional violations. in 1953, a leading feminist published the feminine mystique, but that was central to the second wave of feminism and the u.s. releasing a 50th anniversary edition with a foreword by new york times columnist and then afterward by novelist and former columnist and equipment. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on book tv and don c-span.org -- booktv.org. >> a correspondent with the washington post and the author of the rise of mark of rubio. what is the appeal? a lot of people else other republican party are watching engaging to get a sense of whether a latino politicians can broaden the base outside of his own community. his -- >> is he running for president? >> well, who is and what they elected to the senate he is clearly an ambitious person and has risen quickly . he has e
same area he grew up in the living and dying timber city, and your doctor returns home. arguing the federal government is consolidating legislative power and that individual states must protect the citizenry from constitutional violations. in 1953, a leading feminist published the feminine mystique, but that was central to the second wave of feminism and the u.s. releasing a 50th anniversary edition with a foreword by new york times columnist and then afterward by novelist and former columnist...
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he needs to go after the shia militias in the baghdad neighborhood of cedar city. prime minister maliki told his predecessor, stay out of cedar city because the habit of militia was in some alliance with maliki. trace comes in and just does it. since this guy is going cedar city and assembly for approval. within nine months, this is actually working. there is a huge decline in sectarian violence, a huge to client and casualties of all kinds. but here is where we come in to the problem and the problem with the counterinsurgency theory generally. petraeus has said all along that the whole idea of this campaign was to create some breathing space. the iraqi factions, sunni, shia, kurds and others can get their act together. they can forge a coherent government without having to worry about getting blown up every 10 months. the problem was maliki, the leader of iraq had no interest in setting up an oil revenue sharing plan. he had no interest in bringing in a lot of these sons of iraq militants into the army, which had been promised. he had no interest in settling prope
he needs to go after the shia militias in the baghdad neighborhood of cedar city. prime minister maliki told his predecessor, stay out of cedar city because the habit of militia was in some alliance with maliki. trace comes in and just does it. since this guy is going cedar city and assembly for approval. within nine months, this is actually working. there is a huge decline in sectarian violence, a huge to client and casualties of all kinds. but here is where we come in to the problem and the...
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>> guest: we were in the city ahead of the marines, and we were just trying to soften up some of the locations for 'em. we weren't going to make it safe, but just try to make it, you know, as little as possible, add something to it. and while in the city, the marines started to approach, the people came out to show that they were supportive of the military, they weren't going to fight, and at that time there was a woman that came out, and she had something in her hands. i was watching her. i was relaying back to my chief everything that she had, and what she was doing. he informed me that it was a chinese grenade and told me i had to take the shot because she started approaching the marines. at this point i'd never killed anyone, so it was definitely made me pause, but also the fact that it's not a man, it was difficult. so we tried to radio the marines to let them handle it. i didn't want to have to be the one to take the woman's life. we couldn't raise them on the radio, so i ended up having to take the shot. but in my mind she, she was dead anyway. she was either going to kill her
>> guest: we were in the city ahead of the marines, and we were just trying to soften up some of the locations for 'em. we weren't going to make it safe, but just try to make it, you know, as little as possible, add something to it. and while in the city, the marines started to approach, the people came out to show that they were supportive of the military, they weren't going to fight, and at that time there was a woman that came out, and she had something in her hands. i was watching...
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would turn and have the first look at the new york city skyline, the city that would welcome them, where they learn their english, where they get their first foothold on the american economic life and if the sun was right you be leaning off of the gold dome of the world building, not a monument to congress or banking or manufacturing or agriculture but a monument to the american press, the only constitutionally explicitly constitutionally protected business in the united states by the first amendment, doesn't say you have the right to make steel, the new york world's that will be there, the ticket to understanding how to get ahead, learning english and to american politics. that is the effect pulitzer had back then. he was a difficult man to live with as a biographer. he was the howard hughes of the nineteenth century. at the peak of his power, when he was publisher of the most powerful publisher of the globe, his paper had the power of the new york times, cnn and washington post and cbs all combined. people read the world in the way that people when i was a child used to watch the three
would turn and have the first look at the new york city skyline, the city that would welcome them, where they learn their english, where they get their first foothold on the american economic life and if the sun was right you be leaning off of the gold dome of the world building, not a monument to congress or banking or manufacturing or agriculture but a monument to the american press, the only constitutionally explicitly constitutionally protected business in the united states by the first...
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>> guest: we know that in the federal government 18 percent of congress is women and 45 of the states have mail governors, 90 percent of large cities have mail mayors but after that there is not systematic attention. 45% of the school board are women but those are not as likely to be the first office to. a future career. so people don't use that as a stepping stone. >> host: is that a definition of success? >> most people do start at the local lovell and climbed the state level are maybe federal office. what i learned was low over 4,000 men or women it is important to focus your political ambition and the issues you care about to it is not necessarily the most effective route to to wait 20 years you are most affected about what you are enthusiastic. >> host: to have a case study of a failure somebody who ran for the wrong reasons? >> guest: we have a series of people resurveyed and interviewed, about 4,000 women and men, lawyers, educators, pol itical activists and then follow up phone interviews with 300. there are examples of people who thought they wanted to run for office, so thos
>> guest: we know that in the federal government 18 percent of congress is women and 45 of the states have mail governors, 90 percent of large cities have mail mayors but after that there is not systematic attention. 45% of the school board are women but those are not as likely to be the first office to. a future career. so people don't use that as a stepping stone. >> host: is that a definition of success? >> most people do start at the local lovell and climbed the state...
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you look at the military budget city of new jersey but you say spends as much as the whole world somebody at a time when our infrastructure is literally a deep level grade according the american society of civil engineers we get a decent these days is the future of our economy very infrastructure is going to work as a face of those two issues which are you just don't fear the one percent. in the military industrial complex suddenly we are solutions to the issues he's selling his money to invest in the new resisting the economy will certainly his money to reform it looms them out we see energy as you can turn roads into solar panels that's not possible we like with our money in france right. right. right. that it was this mother target like the president. of the or the red streak. we are right. here. they say that the occupy movements major victory to date is that we have changed the conversation that people are now debating issues such as western equality at this point i think we can all agree there is no debate there is inequity when it comes to wealth period full stop and it is growing
you look at the military budget city of new jersey but you say spends as much as the whole world somebody at a time when our infrastructure is literally a deep level grade according the american society of civil engineers we get a decent these days is the future of our economy very infrastructure is going to work as a face of those two issues which are you just don't fear the one percent. in the military industrial complex suddenly we are solutions to the issues he's selling his money to invest...
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cities in the third straight year. the list is based on research done by mr. miller who looked at the number of bookstores and libraries as well as newspaper circulation and the education level of each of the city's population you can see them by going to u.s. a today. >> a library dhaka was checked out in 1958 made its way back to the new york public library on monday. the 55 years overdue book was returned with an envelope with a check for $100 to cover the cost. the manager jennifer says the records don't date back to the 1950's, so it is impossible to know who the book more work was. the overdue book was the biography of a priest title defier of france and xavier. state to date on the breaking news on publishing by liking as on facebook or you can follow us on a trader at booktv or visit the web site, booktv.org and click on news about books. >> what role does religion play? it seems to be important in who is going to have children and who is not, but it's in the sense of belief that in attendance the church servic
cities in the third straight year. the list is based on research done by mr. miller who looked at the number of bookstores and libraries as well as newspaper circulation and the education level of each of the city's population you can see them by going to u.s. a today. >> a library dhaka was checked out in 1958 made its way back to the new york public library on monday. the 55 years overdue book was returned with an envelope with a check for $100 to cover the cost. the manager jennifer...
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people out of the streets in new york city. because something is we journalists ought to be out here. as you have so many. young people. on a global stage with affordable education. and it is a challenge just because there is in fact the whole student loan debt credit card debt when congress raises the loan limits schools respond to those increased long limits by raising tuition because they think that students can afford to pay more because they're actually allowed more money nobody really has the option to expect to get comfortable jobs. not go to college we don't have an unskilled workforce anymore we are for the workforce that we have right now it's socially irresponsible not to go to school because the entire workforce is predicated on higher education i think our education system hasn't caught up to our economy and that's one of the problems and that that's where this problem is coming and that's why people are speaking up that's why that why i'm here there are no bankruptcy protections for any student loans business the
people out of the streets in new york city. because something is we journalists ought to be out here. as you have so many. young people. on a global stage with affordable education. and it is a challenge just because there is in fact the whole student loan debt credit card debt when congress raises the loan limits schools respond to those increased long limits by raising tuition because they think that students can afford to pay more because they're actually allowed more money nobody really has...
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and we will do a counterinsurgency strategy in the south, the cities in the south. but here is the thing. after 18 months -- in other words after the search is over, i'm going to start withdrawing some of the surge troops and can you tell me that within that time, within 18 months you can turn around the situation so much that the afghan army can take the lead in the fight in the majority of the districts. they all said, yes, sir. no question. in fact, petraeus knew that it would take much longer in this. these kinds of things go on for years. and he was asked by someone after words, why did you say yes? and he had two answers. he said, well, it really wasn't that kind of a meeting. he was looking for advice. he was looking for a take-it-or-leave-it. my view is when you're a general inter called upon to give military advice to the president, no matter what, whether you think is a game going on, he's not really asking for advice. is your responsibility to give correct military advice. the second one was a gamble appeared he thought, if i make enough progress he will
and we will do a counterinsurgency strategy in the south, the cities in the south. but here is the thing. after 18 months -- in other words after the search is over, i'm going to start withdrawing some of the surge troops and can you tell me that within that time, within 18 months you can turn around the situation so much that the afghan army can take the lead in the fight in the majority of the districts. they all said, yes, sir. no question. in fact, petraeus knew that it would take much...
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he's the way he was kind of that high it was all about if the law because he was city look was out of the power monopolies have you noticed people like this double our society chase we get treated like you with the excuse that someone's got to lose with some corporation the way it as if that's not what we all believe you don't build on the backs of our morris brothers were all forgotten the same. all taught by our mothers should have been the people out there today so what's the payoff coolest please pull the hero he has the most you see all the bull slugs to the small of his. bronx like the so much better if we just remember what the waste is. somebody who really cause. he was the cause of this was because he was thank you thank. you. thank. you and people are realizing it very least that the way our economic system currently runs is not democratic it's not an official to the vast majority of people and kill we have some kind of economic democracy where in the past majority of people in their communities and in their workplaces have more decisions over what these corporations do if w
he's the way he was kind of that high it was all about if the law because he was city look was out of the power monopolies have you noticed people like this double our society chase we get treated like you with the excuse that someone's got to lose with some corporation the way it as if that's not what we all believe you don't build on the backs of our morris brothers were all forgotten the same. all taught by our mothers should have been the people out there today so what's the payoff coolest...
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interests in the city. i'd like to have you put the chart up there, and leave it up during the course of this hearing, because each member of here has a copy of this, and there's certain things that happened we all know. we know that on may 22nd the red cross was hit with an rpg. they left town. we know that on june 11th, the british ambassador's motorcade was attacked by an rpg. they left town. we know on april 10th, the united nations convoy was hit by an ied, and on june 6th the u.s. consulate was attacked with a bomb. and many, many other things and we didn't leave. while i understand the state department has primary responsibility for the protection of american diplomats rolled the world, also understand that the defense department plays an important supporting role to this effect. i suspect or witnesses to explain today why, given the clear indicators and warnings, thats to the united states interests in ben georgia si, and throughout the north africa, were growing, was the defense department not plac
interests in the city. i'd like to have you put the chart up there, and leave it up during the course of this hearing, because each member of here has a copy of this, and there's certain things that happened we all know. we know that on may 22nd the red cross was hit with an rpg. they left town. we know that on june 11th, the british ambassador's motorcade was attacked by an rpg. they left town. we know on april 10th, the united nations convoy was hit by an ied, and on june 6th the u.s....
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they were win the war marching up the eastern sea board destroying city after city. burned down the white house. next stop? baltimore. they came in to the cheese peek bay that model of warships as far as the eye could see, it was looking grim. mchenry was standing there. the general who was in charge of fort mchenry had a large american flag commissioned to fly in front of the fort. the admiral in charge of the british fleet was offended and said take the flag down. you have until dusk to take the flag down. if you don't take it down. we will reduce you to ashes. there was a young amateur coed on the board by francis scott king sent by president madison to obtain the realization of an american physician being held captive. he overheard the british plans. he mourned as dusk approached. he mourned for his young nation. and as the sun fell the bombardment started. bombs bursting in the missiles so much debris he strained was the flay still there? couldn't see a thing. all night long it continued. at the crack of dawn, he ran out to the banister and e looked straining hi
they were win the war marching up the eastern sea board destroying city after city. burned down the white house. next stop? baltimore. they came in to the cheese peek bay that model of warships as far as the eye could see, it was looking grim. mchenry was standing there. the general who was in charge of fort mchenry had a large american flag commissioned to fly in front of the fort. the admiral in charge of the british fleet was offended and said take the flag down. you have until dusk to take...
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there are working with the rubble to control the city. with the distrust between the arabs in the black population, it is deep-rooted. it does back to the time to when arabs kept black slaves. this does provide some kind of explanation for the in fighting of. there is no question of lying low as far as this man is concerned. he is a respected member of the community and it makes no difference that he is arab. but'm not afraid of anyone god. no one has ever done me any harm. timbuktu is my town. i was born here. my father was born here. >> it is black neighbors treat him as though he is a member of the family. the moment he leaves as house, there is a friendly greeting. i>> he is our grandfather. he has a man of peace and has nothing to do with those jihadists. >> the test of the mali government as they retake the north will be how they treat the arab citizens. al-jazeera, timbuktu. >> one of the seven wonders of the world but it could soon become endangered. quite the great barrier reef in australia is under threat. a whale of a discovery
there are working with the rubble to control the city. with the distrust between the arabs in the black population, it is deep-rooted. it does back to the time to when arabs kept black slaves. this does provide some kind of explanation for the in fighting of. there is no question of lying low as far as this man is concerned. he is a respected member of the community and it makes no difference that he is arab. but'm not afraid of anyone god. no one has ever done me any harm. timbuktu is my town....
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the mayor and he was i guess standing in the rubble of the city hall or something like that. but what was his -- >> well, the people there who have been in shelters for almost a month were very upset that the war ended when it did. they wanted it finished. and they said we live in shelters for three months if this will be the end of it. but his view was they burned trees. we replayed 100 trees. someday we're going to be a gateway to israel and the love will come and we will have dinner together. that's our goal. we want to be the gateway to the north. and he was all about building and rebuilding and planting, entries are very big deal in israel. it's the only country in the world that has more trees at the turn of the 21st century than it had at the beginning of the 21st century. and everybody plants trees every time they turn around. so the first thing do is go out and plant trees. and more trees, and that's what he talked about. it's a defiance but it's also a spirit of building and life. yeah, the people were sorry the war ended when it did prevented when it ended badly be
the mayor and he was i guess standing in the rubble of the city hall or something like that. but what was his -- >> well, the people there who have been in shelters for almost a month were very upset that the war ended when it did. they wanted it finished. and they said we live in shelters for three months if this will be the end of it. but his view was they burned trees. we replayed 100 trees. someday we're going to be a gateway to israel and the love will come and we will have dinner...
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can you talk about how that work thursday the city? >> first of all, i've had lots of conversations with people who quote-unquote are native. and famous pipe like tyler perry, who was homeless, living in a car. to people i know throughout my community who have gotten broken drug addiction, dealt with brutal, brutal hatred because they came out of the closet at a young age. all these stories, and it's amazing to me that everybody, including tyler perry, has these stories how one person's small act of kindness was a differencemaker for them, and it gives me chills to think we all have that power, and the biggest thing we actually do in any day probably could be a small act of kindness to someone else. and so the vulnerability and the fragility of life you get to see up close and personal in cities like ours, and how it doesn't take that much e
can you talk about how that work thursday the city? >> first of all, i've had lots of conversations with people who quote-unquote are native. and famous pipe like tyler perry, who was homeless, living in a car. to people i know throughout my community who have gotten broken drug addiction, dealt with brutal, brutal hatred because they came out of the closet at a young age. all these stories, and it's amazing to me that everybody, including tyler perry, has these stories how one person's...
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the third day by tribal rivals. the fourth day by drone strikes, and in complete desperation he sends somebody out to waziristan , huge chunks living in cities as destitute refugees, and every day is like 9/11 for us. so, again, go back to the man in the village, and particularly the impact on women and children. whatever the debate about drones, remember there's a model humanitarian dimension that is missing. the impact on women and children is devastating and this has been documented in studies like the recent one by stanford and new york university. >> host: you mentioned drones and a lot of your book, your newest book, the thisle this --e and the drone, and the debate in washington. what's the view of drones in these tribal areas, afghanistan, pakistan? >> guest: again, peter, you use the word debate. there is a debate in the united states. it's just starting and it will pick up. but the debate implies two opposing points of view. the donate americaer americaer - the debate in america is one sided. i would like
the third day by tribal rivals. the fourth day by drone strikes, and in complete desperation he sends somebody out to waziristan , huge chunks living in cities as destitute refugees, and every day is like 9/11 for us. so, again, go back to the man in the village, and particularly the impact on women and children. whatever the debate about drones, remember there's a model humanitarian dimension that is missing. the impact on women and children is devastating and this has been documented in...
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[laughter] so a few years ago i found myself sitting next to the mayor of salt lake city, and he was of a nice guy, and we started talking about what i do for a living. and i told him i work to encourage young women and girls to run for political office. why, he said, which stumped me because in my business, in my world the question of why we need more women is not a question. nobody asks why, they just ask how do we get more women there. and he went on to say, he said i have two daughters, i have a wyoming, i have a mother -- a wife, i have a mother, and what can women do in office that i can't do? which was an interesting question. and he had no idea what a can of worms he was of opening by -- [laughter] getting into this conversation with me. because i really believe that no matter how well intentioned a man in office is, his decisions are never going to be as strong as if you have men and women legislating together. and i'm happy to say that in the years since i started doing this work, the world has really come around very much to this idea. and the idea is that we need to add w
[laughter] so a few years ago i found myself sitting next to the mayor of salt lake city, and he was of a nice guy, and we started talking about what i do for a living. and i told him i work to encourage young women and girls to run for political office. why, he said, which stumped me because in my business, in my world the question of why we need more women is not a question. nobody asks why, they just ask how do we get more women there. and he went on to say, he said i have two daughters, i...
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they were only made possible by the rise of the first city-stateses in mesopotamia about 5,000 years ago. by definition you could not have a conventional army without a state. and so until you had states, you had no conventional armies which had officers and enlisted ranks and a bureaucracy and logistics and all these other things that we associate with conventional armed forces. but guess what? as soon as you had the very first city-states in mesopotamia, they were immediately being attacked by nomads from the persian highlands. essentially, guerrillas. and so from the very start organized militaries have always spent a lot of their time fighting unconventional, irregular warfare. and you know what? those terms don't make a heck of a lot of sense. that's one of the big takeaways that i had from doing six years of reading and research for this book. the way we think about this entire subject is all messed up. we think that somehow conventional warfare is the norm, that the way you ought to fight is to have these conventional armies slugging it out in the open. but the reality is thos
they were only made possible by the rise of the first city-stateses in mesopotamia about 5,000 years ago. by definition you could not have a conventional army without a state. and so until you had states, you had no conventional armies which had officers and enlisted ranks and a bureaucracy and logistics and all these other things that we associate with conventional armed forces. but guess what? as soon as you had the very first city-states in mesopotamia, they were immediately being attacked...
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when i was elected to the city council i went to a city manager and i talked to them about how he secures your job we have a capital improvements plan, and the things we have to do over the next ten years will cost so many of millions of dollars. he said here's the problem the public collectively isn't willing to pay for with public collectively wants and it's true, it's even true in congress of. the expectation is when there can be current or more service delivered in an efficient and professional way for less money and the math doesn't work. you can do more with less once in awhile, but year after year after year you can't and i think that is the most difficult thing for people to understand. that's why you'll get the gatt i put out with the vast amount trained by the bush tax cut some of it has gone down but only some of it because by and large the american people don't want more money spent on taxes but the price that is being paid for that isn't so much an individual price. it's more a price that involves the overall health of the population and the overall education level. but it's
when i was elected to the city council i went to a city manager and i talked to them about how he secures your job we have a capital improvements plan, and the things we have to do over the next ten years will cost so many of millions of dollars. he said here's the problem the public collectively isn't willing to pay for with public collectively wants and it's true, it's even true in congress of. the expectation is when there can be current or more service delivered in an efficient and...
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i hear it from city managers and mayors. and, you know what else? these folks don't speak with an "r" or a "d" beside their name, but, rather, an "a" for american. and their message is very loud, clear, and unmistakable. e.p.a. is overreaching, overbearing, and overstepping boundaries that have long existed. and the question is alway requee same -- they ask, senator, what can you do? what can do you to change how they act? nebraskans frustration is driven by both what e.p.a. is trying to do -- meaning the content of the rules and standards -- as well as how the agency is making its decisions. so today, madam president, i will be introducing several proposals to address these two areas. my first proposal addresses how e.p.a. conducts business, by increasing transparency in policy decisions. i'm introducing a bill that brings agency guidance documents under the coverage of the congressional review act. as currently written, the c.r.a. covers only substantial agency rules. meanwhile, e.p.a. has made use of what they call "guidance documents" to simply
i hear it from city managers and mayors. and, you know what else? these folks don't speak with an "r" or a "d" beside their name, but, rather, an "a" for american. and their message is very loud, clear, and unmistakable. e.p.a. is overreaching, overbearing, and overstepping boundaries that have long existed. and the question is alway requee same -- they ask, senator, what can you do? what can do you to change how they act? nebraskans frustration is driven by both...
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when i was first elected to the city council i went to the city manager and talked to him about pride and things. he said here is your job. we have a capital improvement plan. the things we have to do over the next ten years and it costs so many million dollars and he said here is the problem. the public collectively is not willing to pay for what the public collectively wants. and is so true. is even truer in congress. the expectation is there can be current or more service delivered in an efficient, professional way for less money and the math doesn't work. you can do more with less once in awhile but year after year after year you simply can't and that is the most difficult thing for people to understand. you look at the gap that i've put up their about the vast amount drained by the bush tax cuts, some of that has gone back but only some of it because by and large the american people do not want any money spent on taxes. the price being paid for that is not so much an individual price. more a price that involves the health of the population and overall education level of our kids
when i was first elected to the city council i went to the city manager and talked to him about pride and things. he said here is your job. we have a capital improvement plan. the things we have to do over the next ten years and it costs so many million dollars and he said here is the problem. the public collectively is not willing to pay for what the public collectively wants. and is so true. is even truer in congress. the expectation is there can be current or more service delivered in an...
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city of the northeast. these were european first generations european who had no gun training. they got here and drafted to the army -- [inaudible conversations] people need to know and understand the firearms. that's when the nra was formed. when you get to today, it's interesting because that was urban, rural kind of division. that's the division. a lot of people don't have any familiarity in firearms. if you grew up in downtown anywhere where guns were banned and all of this whether it was gun crime -- is it illogical for you to think that these are bad rather than good? >> for -- [inaudible conversations] >> most of americans it's different. it is cultural. i talk about the cultural war which are id on call. it's also cultural in term of the upbringing and where you come from. i come from wisconsin, and when i was growing up, back in the old days you could take your shotgun -- [inaudible] you could get a card board case for your rifle at the check in counter. we could take our shotguns to school. that d
city of the northeast. these were european first generations european who had no gun training. they got here and drafted to the army -- [inaudible conversations] people need to know and understand the firearms. that's when the nra was formed. when you get to today, it's interesting because that was urban, rural kind of division. that's the division. a lot of people don't have any familiarity in firearms. if you grew up in downtown anywhere where guns were banned and all of this whether it was...
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one of the things that we very much would like to do, which the president address less than the city union is enable homeowners who are paying there bills, who are under water to no fault of their own because of the financial crisis to be able to refinance there loans. right now you have come up to of commerce ron locked into six, seven, 8% mortgages when they should be able to get three and half for 4%. we ought to deal to do that on a bipartisan basis. >> six you very much. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, senator. >> think you very much, mr. chairman. i appreciate having you here with us today. i want to continue to focus on tax reform as we did in our private discussions. as i have shared with you in my work with the bulls simpson commission and other areas trying to address putting together a comprehensive deficit reduction package in debt reduction package, our view, tax reform as i have heard you say today, a key part of that cannot because of the need to raise revenue, which is where you and i may have some disagreements, but because of the need to generate gr
one of the things that we very much would like to do, which the president address less than the city union is enable homeowners who are paying there bills, who are under water to no fault of their own because of the financial crisis to be able to refinance there loans. right now you have come up to of commerce ron locked into six, seven, 8% mortgages when they should be able to get three and half for 4%. we ought to deal to do that on a bipartisan basis. >> six you very much. thank you,...
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you mention the biotech industry, you could have a majority of the cambridge city council, those people on the payroll judging from the so-called development strategies that acquiesced, look at the campaign contributions from those people, quite and lightning. could you talk about the role of the clintons when they were in arkansas? two commodity traders and commodity investments which is a very intriguing piece of the story. could you also talk because of the food side of food and water? what are the food implications people need to start thinking about in a huge push into fra i fracking and the keystone pipeline? >> let me answer the fracking question. people selling mineral rights because they are losing their farms, can't protect kids or send them to college or pay their mortgages and it is part of basically 40 years of bad agriculture policy but also the walmart is asian of rural areas where big stores like wal-mart moved in, downtown areas that are dependent on agriculture are already drying up and walmart sucks out the profits so walmart and some of these areas has 90% market sha
you mention the biotech industry, you could have a majority of the cambridge city council, those people on the payroll judging from the so-called development strategies that acquiesced, look at the campaign contributions from those people, quite and lightning. could you talk about the role of the clintons when they were in arkansas? two commodity traders and commodity investments which is a very intriguing piece of the story. could you also talk because of the food side of food and water? what...
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. >> america has its characters of different regions and at the cities, and in that sense, he was a quintessential american. >> colorful. him ones interviewing one time and stop the interview and said, this is good stuff. i would like a copy of this. [laughter] ed koch, dead at the age of 88. that is the last word. banks. see you next week.
. >> america has its characters of different regions and at the cities, and in that sense, he was a quintessential american. >> colorful. him ones interviewing one time and stop the interview and said, this is good stuff. i would like a copy of this. [laughter] ed koch, dead at the age of 88. that is the last word. banks. see you next week.
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and the answer, again, is the city. this is fundamentally the opposite of the american ethos, you know? from jefferson on. cities are essential to the health and freedom of man. if we continue to pile upon ourselves in cities as they do in europe, we shall take to eating one another as they do there. [laughter] that was jefferson. and that just continued and continued. and it made sense back in the 1700s when we had the whole country to spread out on. but that's not the case now. so it's a longer discussion. all three of these are a longer discussion. but they're all national crises. we have a national economic crisis which is only going to get tougher, we have a national health crisis which is bankrupting us, and as sandy proved all too clear a couple weeks ago, global warming is beginning to affect us dramatically. and now we're not talking about stopping it, we're talking about mitigating it. but, obviously, the less of
and the answer, again, is the city. this is fundamentally the opposite of the american ethos, you know? from jefferson on. cities are essential to the health and freedom of man. if we continue to pile upon ourselves in cities as they do in europe, we shall take to eating one another as they do there. [laughter] that was jefferson. and that just continued and continued. and it made sense back in the 1700s when we had the whole country to spread out on. but that's not the case now. so it's a...
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so there you have the literary arts, the performing arts, the educational value and the city cultural outreach all in one volume. form an allegiance to it. if you don't like what they carry, tell them. a lot of what we order comes from suggestions from our customers. i wish you had this book, i wish you had that book. and we'll get it for them. and very often we'll get another copy for the store, and very often that will sell brick quickly. so go to your local store whatever you're trying to buy. see what they have, talk to the people. these are your maybe the neighbors. -- these are your neighbors. >> for more information on booktv's recent visit to santa fe, new mexico, go to c-span.org/localcontent. >>> and now, general stanley mcchrystal discusses his memoir, "my share of the task." in the book the former commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan recounts the major turning points in his 34-year military career which ended in 2010. this is about an hour. [applause] >> well, thank you very much. thanks for coming out. i think this is a wonderful opportunity. the gentleman sitting next
so there you have the literary arts, the performing arts, the educational value and the city cultural outreach all in one volume. form an allegiance to it. if you don't like what they carry, tell them. a lot of what we order comes from suggestions from our customers. i wish you had this book, i wish you had that book. and we'll get it for them. and very often we'll get another copy for the store, and very often that will sell brick quickly. so go to your local store whatever you're trying to...
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for instance, the los angeles city council approved a 25 year $1.5 billion project to buy a solar power produced at the indian nation in the southern nevada desert. when it goes online in 2016, it will be the largest solar power plant on tribal land. capturing race to power over 118,000 los angeles homes. in addition to the plan itself, over 900,000 solar panels will be built on a reservation, creating more jobs in industries that tomorrow. one way to ensure projects like this is to promote fair, equitable tax policy. like all government, tribes must collect and manage their own taxes. right now, tribal governments don't have the same taxing authority by states. a flock of governments, we will continue working with federal partners to fix these policies have the economies grow and become a source of strength and her family of nations. sovereignty is how we secure communities and how they can secure nations and how we will secure future. this is our greatest challenge. a quarter of people in poverty, traced the national average and while the country as a whole struggles with an unemploym
for instance, the los angeles city council approved a 25 year $1.5 billion project to buy a solar power produced at the indian nation in the southern nevada desert. when it goes online in 2016, it will be the largest solar power plant on tribal land. capturing race to power over 118,000 los angeles homes. in addition to the plan itself, over 900,000 solar panels will be built on a reservation, creating more jobs in industries that tomorrow. one way to ensure projects like this is to promote...
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god said with so many people around the city and the country and all over the world have been saying over the last few days. ed, you did great. you really did great. so god bless, you ed koch. and god bless the city you love so much and that you served so well. [applause] the mayors, the governors, the senators, the other dignitaries that are here. yesterday i flew home from japan after spending eight hours there. it was ed koch's last gift to me. because, you know, you pick up a whole day when you come back from japan and every day counts. [laughter] so, thanks, mayor. i come here to speak for myself and also for hilary, who loved him very much and was grateful for his endorsement in every race she ran, and most greetful for a typically ed koch-deal. after she became a senator, he said, you know, i was for you, and new yorkers we come from everywhere and not everybody can be lucky like me and just be 100% new york, but you got get better at this. so every holiday season for years, he organized the following lunch. ed koch, hillary clinton, and allen keiswetter. i have yet to receive
god said with so many people around the city and the country and all over the world have been saying over the last few days. ed, you did great. you really did great. so god bless, you ed koch. and god bless the city you love so much and that you served so well. [applause] the mayors, the governors, the senators, the other dignitaries that are here. yesterday i flew home from japan after spending eight hours there. it was ed koch's last gift to me. because, you know, you pick up a whole day when...
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the first chance i got was 1980 mcfate when my father got transferred to the consulate in new york city. would you agree based on your own experiences here in america that the notion of family unification of the usenet has been and should continue to be an enjoyable part of what we do as it relates to comprehensive immigration to the estimate the only thing i've been arguing is 120 double or even triple because we want to bring in additional talent that can heal the economy and help us take advantage of this technology that i talked about >> you are right the children immigrants go further than their parents difficult. >> there's been this economy that's been presented how we find common ground in terms of the immigration reform debate. you've got the deportation of was presented as an alternative. on the other you have a half lead to citizenship, but i believe, mayor castro, you've indicated you agree that seems to be a false dichotomy. that the most appropriate contract is on the one hand mass deportation and on the other hand open and unsecured borders. and i believe that on both ext
the first chance i got was 1980 mcfate when my father got transferred to the consulate in new york city. would you agree based on your own experiences here in america that the notion of family unification of the usenet has been and should continue to be an enjoyable part of what we do as it relates to comprehensive immigration to the estimate the only thing i've been arguing is 120 double or even triple because we want to bring in additional talent that can heal the economy and help us take...
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wt virtually underwater, at least two-thirds of the city. and to see 7 1/2 years later the city rebound, the people of new orleans and louisiana are just foremost in my thoughts right now for their fighting spirit, theirry sell yancy, their unwilling -- their resiliency, their unwillingness to give occupy this special place in will celebrate its 300th birthday in 2018. and i want to say a special thank you to mayor landrieu, john young, the leaders of st. bernard and plaquemines. those parishes were virtually destroyed. lower part of jefferson parish. the whole region has come back. the world could see it for themselves yesterday. the civic leadership, the faith-based leadership, and, again, a shout out to president obama, his cabinet and the members on both sides of the aisle that stood by this region, the gulf coast, to rebuild after all of these years. and, mr. president, in conclusion, it's my only hope that after passing the sandy supplemental we will stand united with the northeast as they rebuild bigger, better, stronger, hosting the
wt virtually underwater, at least two-thirds of the city. and to see 7 1/2 years later the city rebound, the people of new orleans and louisiana are just foremost in my thoughts right now for their fighting spirit, theirry sell yancy, their unwilling -- their resiliency, their unwillingness to give occupy this special place in will celebrate its 300th birthday in 2018. and i want to say a special thank you to mayor landrieu, john young, the leaders of st. bernard and plaquemines. those parishes...
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it's about 13,000 feet high, and the airport, which is a plateau above the city, is even higher. so the oxygen content is 40% also at sea level. so you suffer terrible alt altitude psychness, extreme fatigue, headaches and you don't want to do anything unless you consume coca products. whether it's chewing coca or coca candy or coca tea and that will allow you to acclimate to the altitude. so it is not what you feel when you chew the coke cashing it's what you don't feel you. don't feel high but you don't feel the altitude and you don't get those headaches. and so it's a very benign product. but one more point about the perceptions of coca. when the spaniards first started heading south and started getting into the andes they ran across people with the custom of chewing coca, and the church thought this must be the work of the devil. it's in their mouths and leafs and green and slimy. they banned it. on pain of death, until they ran into the biggest silver deposit in the history of the world. a mountain in bolivia. 14,000 feet high. and there was no way they were going to be able
it's about 13,000 feet high, and the airport, which is a plateau above the city, is even higher. so the oxygen content is 40% also at sea level. so you suffer terrible alt altitude psychness, extreme fatigue, headaches and you don't want to do anything unless you consume coca products. whether it's chewing coca or coca candy or coca tea and that will allow you to acclimate to the altitude. so it is not what you feel when you chew the coke cashing it's what you don't feel you. don't feel high...
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then it was a national security issue, so national security issue, so and washington and mexico city the president corporation and building trust, institutional trust mexico understands the views to disagree on something we agree it is such of complicated situation but fighting drugs and trafficking, smugglers, a long way to go but we are much better when fingerpointing would have been with those differences are channels and many times to move on the agenda. but one clarification i am here is a private citizen not public official. when i talk about we it is because it is not we is them. i am hoping you take that into account. what is obvious is the geography with mexico and the destiny of loss. including rocks from columbia, arms not just central america but all over the world salute that is a huge issue. so with needs of social development the flows of people crossing territories as out papers to get to the u.s.. at the same time the source of millions of americans went out of 10 are there and now we received that now is that the core of our own perception of what are mexicans. this
then it was a national security issue, so national security issue, so and washington and mexico city the president corporation and building trust, institutional trust mexico understands the views to disagree on something we agree it is such of complicated situation but fighting drugs and trafficking, smugglers, a long way to go but we are much better when fingerpointing would have been with those differences are channels and many times to move on the agenda. but one clarification i am here is a...
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child from the inner city of washington to the streets of los angeles an equal chance at a greater destiny. now, one of our priorities this year and a house would be to move heaven and earth to fix her education system for the most vulnerable. and when those children graduate from high school, we must expand their choices, and college has got to be an option. in 1980, the average cost of college was roughly $8000 a year. today, it is over 20,000, and less than 60% of the students who enroll in a for your program graduate within six years. clearly, something is broken. according to president obama's former jobs council, by 2020 would be a million and have jobs without the college graduates to fill them. while there is a persistent unmet demand of four to 500,000 job openings and health care sector alone. recent reports indicate that there are not enough skilled applicants to fill the jobs in the booming natural gas industry. now, suppose colleges provided prospective students with reliable information on the unemployment rate and potential earnings white magic. what if parents have access t
child from the inner city of washington to the streets of los angeles an equal chance at a greater destiny. now, one of our priorities this year and a house would be to move heaven and earth to fix her education system for the most vulnerable. and when those children graduate from high school, we must expand their choices, and college has got to be an option. in 1980, the average cost of college was roughly $8000 a year. today, it is over 20,000, and less than 60% of the students who enroll in...
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city of dozens dead and this in another explosion just north of the capital baghdad a suicide bomber targeted members of a sunni militia group who were collecting salaries killing at least forward injuring over twenty years thought those targeted were former insurgents who have turned against al qaeda it was the seventh such bombing in iraq this month alone. i in bahrain government forces have once again clashed with the regime protesters in areas tear gas was used against the crowds holding petrol bombs a buck rain has suffered almost daily violence since an uprising began two years ago this in a public call for greater freedoms from the monarchy the authorities are accused of oppression and a severe crackdown on opposition activists allegedly illegally jailing and torturing some of them to keep them quiet. egyptian man who was beaten make it in the streets of cairo during demonstrations on friday says riot police to blame it previously used opposition protesters of being behind the attack footage of treatment at the hands of uniformed officers were shown on state t.v. the other inf
city of dozens dead and this in another explosion just north of the capital baghdad a suicide bomber targeted members of a sunni militia group who were collecting salaries killing at least forward injuring over twenty years thought those targeted were former insurgents who have turned against al qaeda it was the seventh such bombing in iraq this month alone. i in bahrain government forces have once again clashed with the regime protesters in areas tear gas was used against the crowds holding...
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, a city she called the most spectacularly viewed city she'd ever seen and read parties at the palace were fabulous. she did find it changed quite a terrific adjustment. they went in january so there is something that is 75-degree climate change when they went in one day. in july of that year, the nixon's one on another world went to her. she explained in a letter that this is a fast and full trip and in the course of one day they were in three countries, thailand, pakistan and turkey. although her has been met with leaders, she again had a schedule of events. in the end she wrote it was a busy but happy in such a short time so much could be accomplished. in november 1958, the couple traveled to london for pat was much of the press with her natty wardrobe and unspoiled manner. the following year they went to the soviet union and poland. in moscow, dick confronted khrushchev's in the famous kitchen debate where they argued communism and capitalism and an exhibition of american consumer goods. but once again had a wrote agenda of visiting orphanages and hospitals. he might've gotten her
, a city she called the most spectacularly viewed city she'd ever seen and read parties at the palace were fabulous. she did find it changed quite a terrific adjustment. they went in january so there is something that is 75-degree climate change when they went in one day. in july of that year, the nixon's one on another world went to her. she explained in a letter that this is a fast and full trip and in the course of one day they were in three countries, thailand, pakistan and turkey. although...
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. >> so, a couple -- let me count it -- 14 days ago, in new york city, we broke the guinness world record for most secret decoder rings used in one place. that is the nerdiest thing you can do with your time ever. we had john from day -- daily show helped us. and nothing is better except being in a book store on a friday night. so i pity all of us, really, all of us. i want to say the most important thing of all, it will be the most important thing i'll say all night, and thank you. everything i say after that will be straight downtown hill, and some of the specific thank yous to the end. we're here too talk about "fifth assassin." and people ask me where the book came from. no one gets crazeyear e-mail than me. no one gets more proof that abraham lincoln is gay than me. the last time i was at this store for the inner circle, someone brought me the holy grail, okay? is that guy here? is the -- i have to ask first. not here? then let's talk about him. here's what happens. i'm not dish promise you this is true. i was standing right of the and he comes top me early and says, brad, you want t
. >> so, a couple -- let me count it -- 14 days ago, in new york city, we broke the guinness world record for most secret decoder rings used in one place. that is the nerdiest thing you can do with your time ever. we had john from day -- daily show helped us. and nothing is better except being in a book store on a friday night. so i pity all of us, really, all of us. i want to say the most important thing of all, it will be the most important thing i'll say all night, and thank you....
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of history at columbia university, and james stifel that city university of new york and the author of "freedom national" the topic of tonight's discussion. a book that was research at the new york public library at the center for scholars and writers and i was the director of libraries of the new york public library. >> our other panelists will sign books in the lobby after the program. please join me in welcoming to the stage. [applause] >> good evening. i'm glad to see all of you here. wonderful audience. we are going to have a conversation we hope discussing and then we will take questions from the audience. i am sure do have a lot and i hope he will not be shy about asking them. want to start first with a gem and asking a question about the book about the title of the book and some terms you used that people may not understand, freedom national. estimate it comes from a speech that charles sumner gave as a u.s. senator the speech was called the sectional and first there are two things. it's a constitutional doctrine the political revolution is in the antislavery petitions had f
of history at columbia university, and james stifel that city university of new york and the author of "freedom national" the topic of tonight's discussion. a book that was research at the new york public library at the center for scholars and writers and i was the director of libraries of the new york public library. >> our other panelists will sign books in the lobby after the program. please join me in welcoming to the stage. [applause] >> good evening. i'm glad to see...
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mistake city after city across the country. the second problem and many federal programs have is to produce individual freedom. obamacare is a great example of this. with all that massive spending power came all those rules and regulations that are reducing freedom for businesses and individuals. and you can take any of many federal spending programs, farm subsidies are a good example. those farmers are happy to take the 20 billion a year in farm subsidies they receive at all the rules and regulations attached to those farm subsidies. individual farmers yes, they take the money but the federal government tells them what to plant, tells them how me acres they can plant and prescribes all kind of other rules and regulations for them to follow. so with more federal spending comes less individual freedom. third, many individual spending programs thwart the economy federal housing subsidies helped create the housing bubble which led to the recent recession. unemployment insurance pushes up the unemployed interest problem. program pu
mistake city after city across the country. the second problem and many federal programs have is to produce individual freedom. obamacare is a great example of this. with all that massive spending power came all those rules and regulations that are reducing freedom for businesses and individuals. and you can take any of many federal spending programs, farm subsidies are a good example. those farmers are happy to take the 20 billion a year in farm subsidies they receive at all the rules and...
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i mean, the iranians do not have massive artillery zeroed in on some nearby friendly city. we need to take that into account. on the other hand, i totally agree with you that iranians have a long tradition and a great interest, and they want to be a power in the region. and one of the questions we have to resolve, while we can't dictate it, is what our role in the region will be in the future, what their role, what our arab friends' role will be and where it will go. and the best of all possible worlds, this is walking hand in hand into the sunset at the end of a hollywood movie. that's pretty far down the road. the second question is that while it would be nice to say there is going to be a line in our discussions with iran if they ever get engaged, if we get into any kind of gear between the regional developments and the iranian bilateral issue, number one nuclear but perhaps others, i think it's going to be hard to do that if the iranians themselves think there is traction to be gained. >> right. >> in dealing with the process. and so one of our problems is not being abl
i mean, the iranians do not have massive artillery zeroed in on some nearby friendly city. we need to take that into account. on the other hand, i totally agree with you that iranians have a long tradition and a great interest, and they want to be a power in the region. and one of the questions we have to resolve, while we can't dictate it, is what our role in the region will be in the future, what their role, what our arab friends' role will be and where it will go. and the best of all...
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julie was once the housing director for the city of chicago and has a special place in her life for it. so thank you, inc. you very much. i would also like to recognize jimmy camp who is here, who's head of the foundation was named for his father, who is the secretary of hud, who i have set in the past with a kind of good working definition of bipartisanship's. it was jack can buy himself. i'm not. [laughter] >> and jimmy was -- he attended the hearing that we had across the country, which were really important in gathering information from across the nation. we thank you in the foundation for your involvement. when the commission began its work, one of the first actions was to examine key demographic trends occurring across the country. an effective housing policy only responds to today's needs, but also anticipates those of the future. our nation is undergoing a profound transformation of society. we are becoming more likely to delay marriage and childbearing and more racially and met with many diverse. members of the echo boom generation, 62 million americans born between 1981 and 1
julie was once the housing director for the city of chicago and has a special place in her life for it. so thank you, inc. you very much. i would also like to recognize jimmy camp who is here, who's head of the foundation was named for his father, who is the secretary of hud, who i have set in the past with a kind of good working definition of bipartisanship's. it was jack can buy himself. i'm not. [laughter] >> and jimmy was -- he attended the hearing that we had across the country,...